What are the risks of using the FreeMarker variables utilLocator, objectUtil, and staticUtil

Issue

The variables utilLocator, objectUtil, and staticUtil are restricted and inaccessible to the FreeMarker engine.
What are the risks of using these variables?

If there are no restrictions, Freemarker templates (ADT) can access critical portal components. Depending on the privilege of this variable, this can cause Freemarker models to access privileged portal resources.
To mitigate this risk would be that only trusted users should be given the necessary permissions. By limiting who can add/update models in your environment, you can minimize the risk of potential exploitation.
Review of owners of existing templates may also be required as they have full privileges on the provided templates.

To make these variables accessible to the FreeMarker engine, please refer to the following link: Creating a new structure with a date field results in a FreeMarker error.